Ben-Hur : a tale of the Christ
Item details
- ISBN: 1419810790
- ISBN: 9781419810794
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Physical Description:
videodisc
4 videodiscs (365 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([32] pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm) - Edition: Four-disc collector's edition.
- Publisher: [Culver City, CA] : Turner Entertainment Co. ; [Burbank, CA] : Warner Bros. Entertainment, [2005]
- Distributor: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video.
Contents / Notes
General Note: | Originally produced as a motion picture in 1959 ; silent version produced as a motion picture in 1925. Based on the novel Ben-Hur, a tale of the Christ by General Lew Wallace. Widescreen 2.76:1 (1959 version) ; full screen 1.33;1. (1925 version) Special features: Disc 1 & 2. Commentary by T. Gene Hatcher with Charlton Heston; Music-only track. Disc 4. "Ben-Hur : the epic that changed cinema" featurette; "Ben-Hur : the making of an epic" featurette; "Ben-Hur : a journey through pictures" featurette; Screen tests (Leslie Nielsen, Cesare Danova, Yale Wexler, George Baker, William Russell, Hay Harareet); Vintage newsreels (Costliest film makes screen history, The night Ben-Hur comes to Broadway, West Coast welcomes Ben-Hur, VIP opening: capital welcome for Ben-Hur, Japan's emperor goes to the movies, Oscar likes Ben-Hur); "Highlights from 4/4/1960 Academy Awards Ceremony"; Theatrical trailers. Booklet: "The story of the making of Ben Hur" reprinted promotional material about the 1959 film. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Music by Miklos Rozsa ; director of photography, Robert L. Surtees ; additional photography, Harold E. Wellman and Pietro Portalupi ; art directors, William A. Horning and Edward Carfagno ; set decorations, Hugh Hunt ; special photographic effects, A. Arnold Gillespie, Lee LeBlanc and Robert R. Hoag ; film editors, Ralph E. Winters, John D. Dunning ; recording supervisor, Franklin Milton ; costumes designed by Elizabeth Haffenden. 1925 version: Music by Carl Davis ; continuity by Carey Wilson and Bess Meredyth ; directorial associates, Alfred L. Raboch and Reeves Eason ; photography by Rene Guissart, Karl Struss, Percy Hilburn, Clyde DeVinna ; art effects by Ferdinand P. Earle ; settings by Cedric Gibbons and Horace Jackson ; titles by Katharine Hilliker and H.H. Caldwell ; film editor, Lloyd Nosler ; assistant director, Charles Stallings ; costumes by Theaterkunst Hermann J. Kaufmann. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott, Cathy O'Donnell, Sam Jaffe, Finlay Currie, Frank Thring, Terence Longdon, George Relph, André Morell. 1925 version: Ramon Novarro, Francis X. Bushman, May McAvoy, Betty Bronson, Claire McDowell, Kathleen Key, Carmel Myers, Nigel de Brulier, Mitchell Lewis, Leo White, Frank Currier, Charles Belcher, Dale Fuller, Winter Hall. |
Target Audience Note: | Not rated. |
System Details Note: | DVD, region 1, dual layer, widescreen; Dolby digital 5.1 surround. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | "For private home use in the USA or Canada only" -- Set container. |
Language Note: | In English or dubbed French, with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. 1925 version: Silent film with English intertitles and musical accompaniment. |
Awards Note: | Academy Award, 1960: Best Picture; Best Director (Wyler); Best Actor (Heston); Best Supporting Actor (Griffith); Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color; Best Cinematography, Color (Surtees); Best Costume Design, Color; Best Effects, Special Effects; Best Film Editing; Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture (Rozsa); Best Sound. Golden Globes, 1960: Best Motion Pictures-Drama; Best Director (Wyler) Best Supporting Actor (Boyd); Special Award (Marton, for directing the chariot race) National Film Preservation Board, 1997: selection to the National Film Registry (1925 version) ; 2004; selection to the National Film Registry (1959 version) |
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